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Measure · Annual Population Survey - variables (percentages)

% of economically inactive discouraged

No short definition is available for this measure. The producer's documentation below is the authority on what it counts.

Published byONS
SeriesAnnual Population Survey - variables (percentages)
How oftenQuarterly rolling 12-month windows
Basissurvey
CoversMarch 31, 2020 to March 31, 2026 (25 periods)
Geographiescountry, itl1, itl2, itl3, lad, parliamentary_constituency, region
Areas held1246, of which 1188 withheld (95.3%)
LicenceOGL-UK-3.0

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Each of these is measured from the data rather than written down, so it stays true as the data changes.

The producer publishes an interval for this measure but does not document its basis. It is shown as a range and never as precision.

1188 of 1246 areas are withheld by the producer. Most commonly: Estimate and confidence interval not available since the group sample size is zero or disclosive (0-2)

The producer's documentation

Harvested from ONS, not written by us. We link rather than copy: the methodology belongs on their page, where it stays current.

qmi

Annual population survey (APS) QMI

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sourcemetadata · 21 July 2026

Nomis dataset NM_17_5

annual population survey

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Guide to interpreting Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) estimates

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Others in this series

A definition is often only clear beside its siblings.

MeasureWhat it counts
% of economically inactive long-term sick of those not working and not looking for work, the share who give long-term sickness as the reason
% of economically inactive looking after family/home of those not working and not looking for work, the share caring for family or running a home
% of economically inactive retired of those not working and not looking for work, the share who are retired
% of economically inactive student of those not working and not looking for work, the share who are students
% who are economically inactive - aged 16-64 the share of working-age people who are neither in work nor looking for work, including students, carers, the long-term sick and the retired

Latest figures

AreaValuePeriod
Blaenau Gwent 4.5 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney 4.0 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
Caerphilly 2.7 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
Dudley 4.5 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
Edmonton and Winchmore Hill 12.7 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
Enfield 6.0 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
Newham 3.6 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
Sheffield 1.5 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
Berkshire East 1.4 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
Dudley 4.5 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
Enfield 6.0 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
Gwent Valleys 2.5 Apr 2025-Mar 2026